To put all this in a nutshell, we need to practice being with the uncomfortable feelings in our body until we can reach what’s beneath them—the sensations we experience as life-giving, sensations such as pulsing, tingling, softening, expanding, blood flowing, waves of energy, light, or warmth radiating. And then we need to be able to hold those sensations for at least a minute, and do this six times a day. That can be enough to change our brain and calm our stress response.
